How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
[…] he could not have entered the Academy at a more significant moment than just as she was singing: "He loves me— he loves me not— he loves me!" […] (1.6)
The image of love on the stage— here in the opera Faust—is all passion and ecstasy, and Newland eats this stuff up with a spoon.
Quote #2
As he spoke, he took a swift glance about the conservatory, assured himself of their momentary privacy, and catching her to him laid a fugitive pressure on her lips. (2.25)
This quote is Archer in one of his most cynical moments. May is not at all his intellectual equal, and he wonders whether the fact that she is a 'good catch' is enough for him
Quote #3
But they did not look like her — there was something too rich, too strong, in their fiery beauty. (9.75)
While Newland sends May virginal white lilies-of-the-valley, he sends "fiery" yellow roses to Madame Olenska. The contrast in flowers says all you need to know about where Newland's heart really lies.